Bees and Beekeeping

Apiculture. Or commonly, just beekeeping.

It depends on how you kill the bees. If the bee is killed by being crushed it is quite possible that the venom sac is ruptured and the venom will leak out. One component of the venom produces a scent called the alarm pheromone and this could attract other bees which would be ready to sting.

There's only one queen bee in each hive and Queens Bees are not supposed to leave their hives so they wouldn't. However, there are several queen larvae, all of which are fed a special food. When these larvae hatch from their chrysalis, they do fight, stinging each other repeatedly until only one bee is left. This survivor then becomes the new queen of the hive.

Bees are generally not aggressive towards humans unless provoked. To prevent bee stings, avoid wearing bright or floral patterns, avoid strong scents like perfumes or lotions, and move calmly and slowly around bees. If you encounter bees, remain calm and gently move away without swatting or agitating them.

Bees are neither right nor left handed.................left haded

Bees have five eyes to help them navigate and orient themselves in their environment. The two large compound eyes help them see movement and detect light intensity, while the small three ocelli eyes on top of their head help them navigate using the sun's position. Having multiple eyes assists bees in efficiently foraging for food and avoiding predators.

All worker bees are female. The males are called drones, who do no work in the hive. They only live for one thing: to mate with a new queen.

Honey bees cannot live in coke cans as a permanent habitat. They require a hive with specific conditions for survival, such as ventilation, insulation, and protection from the elements. Coke cans do not provide the necessary space or resources for a honey bee colony to thrive.

To test the hypothesis that bees come from the buried horns of a bull, one could set up an experiment where different containers are filled with soil, with one container having a buried bull horn and the others without. Bees could be introduced to each container and observed over time to see if they are more likely to be attracted to or create a hive near the container with the buried bull horn. Controls would be necessary to account for other factors influencing bee behavior.

Bees are important pollinators that help plants reproduce. Their presence in large numbers is necessary to ensure the pollination of many crops and plants, contributing to food production and ecosystem health. Bees also play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity by pollinating a wide variety of plant species.

Young bees are called larvae or pupae depending on their stage of development. Upon hatching from an egg, the bee larva goes through several molts before transforming into a pupa, where it undergoes metamorphosis into an adult bee.

From the egg being laid to the new queen emerging from the pupal cell is 16 days.

In sufficient quantities soapy water will kill any bee because it will drown. It makes no difference whether they are africanized or not.

There has been a lot of fear drummed up about africanized bees by the sensationalist media. They look no different from a European honey bee and their sting is no worse. The problem is they are far more defensive and sting more readily.

Bees work as a team so they get the work done for the queen the female bee is the worker and the drone bee is the male bee.The drone bee does no work but the worker bee does all the work.But when the queen and drones are laying down they die. also bee hives are made of wax from the bees abdomen[bottom].bees make the hive of a matter of plant and turn it to paste to build the nest.

It may appear that bees are foraging in a group because there are so many of them, but each bee is working on its own. When a bee returns to the hive after finding a new source of nectar it communicates the location and type of plant to other bees in the hive, and they then will go to the same place to forage.

A beekeeper is a person who keeps bees. They are responsible for managing the hives, collecting honey, and ensuring the health and well-being of the bee colony.

This is not quite as simple as just giving a number.

Female bees (queens and workers) are diploid -- they have chromosomes from both the mother and father -- so have 32 chromosomes, 16 chromosomes from the queen and 16 from the drone who provided the sperm.

Male bees (drones) are haploid -- they only have chromosomes from the mother because they develop from an unfertilized egg -- so have just 16 chromosomes from the queen.

It can happen. They won't sting members of their own colony, but if bees from another colony try to enter the hive to steal the honey the guard bees will sting them.

A newly-emerged queen will go around the hive looking for other queen cells. If she finds any she will sting through the cell walls to kill the developing queen inside them.

Bees won't usually attack humans without a good reason because to do so means they will die.

A bee will only sting if it feels it or the colony is under threat. If a bee approaches you, the worst thing you can do is try to swat it away -- that is very threatening. Try to ignore it, make no sudden movements, and if it bothers you, walk away.

Yes, carpenter bees do poop. Like all living creatures, they expel waste from their bodies as a natural process. However, their waste is typically small and not as noticeable as that of animals that produce larger feces.

they speak with a royal accent. Actually, after having hives for 15 years, I have not noticed any difference in their sound from worker bees

Not usually. Bees usually attack because they feel threatened or uncomfortable with you or your wearing bright clothes! If you start trying to hit it then yes it could sting you or stepping on it or sometimes even shooing it away it can sting you so you just have to be careful around bees and their hives.

A queen bee can live for three to five years.

A drone (male) can live for up to four months, but if it mates with a queen it will die after mating, whatever its age. Also, as winter approaches, all drones will be thrown out of the hive by the workers, fall to the ground and die. New drones will be bred in the spring.

Worker bees (all female) live for up to six to seven weeks in the summer, and can live for up to four months in the winter.

A bee's antennae, also called "feelers," help the bee sense its environment by detecting movement, odors, and even the Earth's magnetic field. They play a crucial role in communication and navigation for the bee.

Yes, queen bees can kill their mates. This behavior, known as mating flight aggression, typically occurs after the queen has successfully mated, and she may become aggressive towards any remaining males.